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The role of carrion in maintaining biodiversity and ecological processes in terrestrial ecosystems [PDF]
Oecologia, 2012 Carrion provides a resource for a subset of animal species that deliver a critical ecosystem service by consuming dead animal matter and recycling its nutrients. A growing number of studies have also shown various effects of carrion on different plant and microbial communities.
Saul A Cunningham +2 more
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Carrion ecology in inland aquatic ecosystems: a systematic review
Biological ReviewsABSTRACTCarrion ecology, i.e. the decomposition and recycling of dead animals, has traditionally been neglected as a key process in ecosystem functioning. Similarly, despite the large threats that inland aquatic ecosystems (hereafter, aquatic ecosystems) face, the scientific literature is still largely biased towards terrestrial ecosystems.
Adrian Orihuela-Torres +2 more
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Rewriting ecological succession history: did carrion ecologists get there first?
Quarterly Review of Biology, 2015Ecological succession is arguably the most enduring contribution of plant ecologists and its origins have never been contested. However, we show that French entomologist Pierre Mégnin, while collaborating with medical examiners in the late 1800s, advanced the first formal definition and testable mechanism of ecological succession.
Jean-Philippe Michaud, Gaëtan Moreau
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Traits reveal ecological strategies driving carrion insect community assembly
Ecological Entomology, 2020 1. The succession of carrion‐associated (necrophilous) insects on decomposing carrion is well documented. To exploit the changing nutritious and dynamic resources available throughout the carrion decomposition process, different species colonise and consume carrion in a predictable temporal sequence.
Maldwyn J Evans, James F Wallman
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Journal of Chemical Ecology, 2004
Carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) consist of two subfamilies in North America. Members of the Silphinae arrive at carcasses during the mid-stage of decay and their larvae feed on developing maggots, while members of the Nicrophorinae bury and tend carcasses upon which their developing larvae feed.
W Wyatt Hoback
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Carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) consist of two subfamilies in North America. Members of the Silphinae arrive at carcasses during the mid-stage of decay and their larvae feed on developing maggots, while members of the Nicrophorinae bury and tend carcasses upon which their developing larvae feed.
W Wyatt Hoback
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Introduction to the Topic of Carrion Ecology and Management
2019Carrion, dead animal matter, is an inherent component of the all aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, playing a central role in their functioning. Yet, unlike dead plant matter, the study of the decomposition of dead animals has received little attention in the fields of ecology, wildlife conservation and environmental management.
Pedro P. Olea +2 more
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2015
Many areas of Africa are inhabited by a rich abundance of organisms that produce or consume carrion. In this chapter, carrion is dened as any dead animal or parts of dead animals, and carrion consumers are divided into scavengers and decomposers.
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Many areas of Africa are inhabited by a rich abundance of organisms that produce or consume carrion. In this chapter, carrion is dened as any dead animal or parts of dead animals, and carrion consumers are divided into scavengers and decomposers.
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Carrion converging: Skull shape is predicted by feeding ecology in vultures
2023Abstract The link between skull shape and dietary ecology in birds at macroevolutionary scales has recently been called into question by analyses of 3D shape that reveal that cranial anatomy is mainly influenced by other factors such as allometry.
Katherine R Steinfield +3 more
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